The Snatchabook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781402290824)

Age Level: 3 to 6 Grade Level: P to 2

Where have all the bedtime stories gone? A delightful addition to the picture book canon about the love of reading.

It's bedtime in the woods of Burrow Down, and all the animals are ready for their story. But books are mysteriously disappearing. A rabbit named Eliza Brown decides to stay awake and catch the book thief. It turns out to be a little creature, the Snatchabook, who has no one to read him a bedtime story. All turns out well when the books are returned and the animals take turns reading bedtime stories to the Snatchabook, embodying a wonderful message of forgiveness for kids.

A brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud rhyming bedtime story about books and the joy of reading in the vein of bestsellers It's a Book, How Rocket Learned to Read, and Dog Loves Books.

#1 Autumn 2013 Kids Indie Next Pick

A 2014-2015 Teachers' Choices Reading List Title

"I dare you to try to read The Snatchabook silently to yourself. You can't do it. The book is so wonderful it demands to be read out loud. And besides, if you didn't read the book out loud, how would the Snatchabook hear it?"--Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick

"[A] rollicking paean to the pleasures of reading aloud."--The Wall Street Journal

Great for parents and educators looking for:

A fun read aloud championing a love for language and books

Author: Helen Docherty
ISBN-10: 1402290829
ISBN-13: 9781402290824
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 11.10h x 10.30w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 162549 / Snatchabook

Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/02/2013
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2013
School Library Journal 10/01/2013 pg. 80
Booklist 10/01/2013 pg. 102
Shelf Awareness 10/08/2013
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Recommended, Satisfactory